Species Spanotartessus montanus F. Evans, 1981
Compiler and date details
30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Spanotartessus montanus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [130].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: iii.1967, J.W. & F. Evans), Katoomba, New South Wales.
Introduction
The reddish brown species is only known from a series of specimens collected at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales. Evans' (1981) placement of the species in Spanotartessus was provisional only.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Brown. Face dark brown. Crown of even length. Pronotum and scutellum dark yellowish brown. Length ♂ 4–5 mm, ♀ 5–6 mm. This species resembles the type species in coloration, general appearance and pygophore shape. It differs in aedeagus shape (Evans 1981).
Diagnosis References
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [130]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |